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The Compass of Mystery Festival Programme (2008)
The Compass of Mystery Festival Programme (2008)
EVENTS
SEPTEMBER Saturday 11, 18.30
Magicianship: The Art Explored
PRE-FEST CREATIVE & Screening of The Prestige
ART WORKSHOPS
Saturday 13, 13.00 Sunday 12
Sunday 14, 13.00 17.00 Tango Alchemy Workshop
19.00 Illusions of Grandeur
LAUNCH
Saturday 27, 19.00 COMPASS FILM WEEKEND
Thursday 16, 19.00
OCTOBER SOUTH: SOMALIA
Easton, Easton (short), Road in My Life
POETRY (short) & Araweelo (feature)
Thursday 2, 19.00
Youth Poetry Slam Friday 17, 19.00
WEST: ARGENTINA
Friday 3, 19.00 Bristol Has Changed My Life (short)
Rhymes: Community Poetry Event & Death and the Compass (feature)
Brace yourselves for The Compass Amongst the labyrinthine halls and
of Mystery: a journey across the corridors of Mivart St Studios you
parameters of mysticism and will discover art and beauty aplenty.
magic, down passages of intrigue From within this world we invite you
and suspense, through curtains of to partake of a multitude of films, of
uncertainty and illusion, to half- theatre, circus, magic and poetry,
glimpsed truths, unveilings and music, dance, fine foods, drinks, and
revelation! all in such excellent company! From
within this new physical and intellectual
Compass Film takes this year’s festival framework we bring a plethora of
of cinema and Arts in a new and viewpoints around our theme, with
mysterious direction… Inhabiting seminars and talks from magicians,
an unused space, a hidden gem in psychologists, academics and thinkers.
an urban landscape, the Compass
crew will transform their venue into The programme will culminate in
a magical world to house this year’s Compass’s trademark programme
festival. of international cinema. This year’s
compass directs us to an exciting
In a month of film, poetry, visual selection of films from Poland (North),
art and performance, the festival Pakistan (East), Somalia (South) &
will explore the depths and dusty Argentina (West), showcasing the
cobwebbed corners of the theme of creative wealth of these communities
mystery, inviting you, the explorer, to sampled from our own and more
throw down your backseat viewing distant shores. Framed by the insights
apparatus and shake off the shackles of local migrant community members,
of spoon-fed culture, to walk hand- as well as the discussions of audience
in-hand with us through a glistening and panellists, each screening will offer
gateway and experience the world illumination into far-flung worlds and
beyond! our Bristol home, assimilating the new
and the old through the eyes and ideas
of our own communities and other
more remote ones.
THE SPACE
MIVART ST STUDIOS
In a time in which urban create a vital artistic, dynamic and
organisation can represent control, community-led space, freed from
and the prioritisation of money the constraints of more established
and agenda over community and venues, and offering a unique
creativity, the spaces and places audience experience: a world into
we choose to practice, present which the viewers invest as soon as
and perpetuate art and community they enter the venue, and not just at
become vital. the moment the lights go down.
Join some of the South West and London’s best and bravest
wordsmiths, let them take you on their journeys, carry you
away on magic-carpets of metaphor, as they draw back the
curtain with the promise of a peek into hidden universes…
Rhymes
Friday 3 October 19.00
£4 / £3
First half: Poet Performances
Second half: Open Mic (entry open to all)
Want to register? Email tara@compass-film.co.uk, or register
at least half an hour before the event start time.
FIVE MINUTES
OF MYSTERY
Short Film Competition and Exhibition
Saturday 4 October, 19.00
£4 / £3
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FILM
EVENTS
Mystery is a chameleonic breed of West, framing each screening with a
film… shifting, elusive, and ever critical introduction. This is a festival
changing its form. Exclusively at the for the people of Bristol. The focus
Mivart St. Studios this autumn, it can be countries form a substantial part of
spotted in the shadow of gallows, the the multi-ethnic DNA of this diverse
dancing diamonds of the harlequin’s city. We aim to promote international
costume, the velvet folds of a conjurer’s and homegrown cinema and uncover
cape, the unsung and undiscovered the talent that courses through Bristol’s
magicians of the camera… creative veins.
The Compass film weekend (16–19 Compass looks to stretch the cinema
October) gathers together the elusive experience beyond its primary focus,
cinematic treasures of four physically catapulting you into a world of your
disparate countries from the corners own making. Experience the arena of
of the globe. This year the Compass cinema beyond the screen, and lose
eye fixes its stare upon Poland in the yourself in the labyrinthine passages
North, Pakistan in the East, Somalia of Easton’s very own magical mystery
in the South and Argentina in the tour…
Thursday 16 October, 19.00
£4 / £3
SOMALIA Araweelo
(Olol Productions,
2006, 97m)
(18) Araweelo
(Soo-Saarida Olol,
2006, 97daqiiqo)
(18)
Suspicion and intrigue lie at the heart Shaki iyo shirqool waxa uu dhexyaalaa
of this rollercoaster tale of romantic wadnaha sheeka-xariirtaan taas oo
harmony thrown into chaos. The film’s ah heshiis qiyaali ah oo lagu dhex-
iron grip squeezes an Achilles Heel of tuuray jahawareer. Filinkan fahmadiisa
loyalty, fidelity and trust. What happens birta’ahu waxa eey majuujineysaa
if your new wife is a serial killer? Or maskiinimada iyo jilacsanaanta.
maybe that’s just what your best friend Maxaa dhaca haddii xaaskada
thinks? Newly weds Jama and Samira cusubi eey tahay dilaa weyn? Ama
are in marital bliss but their happiness saxiibkaada kowaad uu ku fekeraaya
is blighted by Yonis, Jama’s untrusting sidaas? Arooska cusub ee Samira iyo
best friend. Yonis muses suspiciously Jama waa guur farxad-leh laakiin
over the situation, believing the new waxa hortaagan Yonis kaas oo
wife to be a brutal nymphomaniac. saaxiibka kowaad ee Jama laakiin
The feverish mystery at the film’s core aan aamin gelin. Yonis fekradiisu
reaches a climax when a sudden turn waa mid xeel-dheer oo ku saleysan
of events changes their lives forever, xaalad shaki ah asigoo aaminsan in
and all three are flung into a deadly xaaska cusubu tahay mid galmada
race for the truth. ku waalan. Dahsoonida kulul oo uu
filinkan salka ku haayo mid gaareysaa
xaraarada ugu sareysa marka xaalada
noloshoodu eey si kedis ah isubedesho
ayadoo sedexdoodu wada gelayaan
loolan adag oo eey ku tiigsanayaan
runta.
SOUTH
Easton, Easton (15) Road in My Life (u)
(Sharif/Bristol, 2007, 2m) (Ali, 2007, 10m)
Abdullah Sharif tells us why the colours, Mohammed Ali imaginatively explores
smells and sights of Easton make it how a painting holds the story of one
his favourite part of Bristol. This story man’s journey from Somalia. The film
was made at a workshop for students was produced by Firstborn Creatives
studying English as a Foreign Language for Screen Shift. Screen Shift is
at City of Bristol College. It was led by designed to encourage collaborations
Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian between Afrikan Caribbean and Asian
and Paddy Uglow and was supported artists in the South West wishing to
by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & explore cross artform practice.
Archives. Mohammed Ali si mala ah ayuu u
Abdullah Sharif waxa uu noo sheegay bartay sida loo naqshadeyo sheeko
in Easton ka mid tahay meelaha uu kus saabsan socdaal nin ka-yimid
ugu jecel-yahay magaalada Bristol somaliya. Filinkaanu waa curintii
sababtuna tahay midabka, urka ugu horeysay oo uu soo saaro filin
iyo muuqaalka. Sheekadan waxaa qaadahu. Curintaanu waa mid loogu
sameeyey arday ajnebi oo baranaayey tala galay in lagu dhiiri geliyo wada-
luuqada Ingriiska ayagoo tababar ku shaqeyn dhexmarta curiyayaasha ka
qaadanaayey maxadka Magaalada kala socda Afrika iyo Cariibiyaanka ee
Bristol (City of Bristol College). Koonfurta Galbeed kuwoos oo jeclaan-
Waxaana hogaaminaayey Harriet lahaa in eey sii baaxiyaan xirfadooda
Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian, Paddy farshaxnimada.
Uglow taageerayeena Matxafka Bristol,
Bandhiga Farshaxanka iyo Xasuus
Dhowrka.
LOCAL FILM
Friday 17 October, 19.00
£4 / £3
ARGENTINA
Death and Muerte y El
the Compass (15) brújula, La (15)
(Cox, 1996, 96m) (Cox, 1996, 96m)
WEST
Bristol Has Changed My Life (15)
(Rumeo/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)
Ariel Rumeo’s father thought he was El padre de Ariel Rumeo pensó que
crazy to come to Britain, but he came su hijo estaba loco por querer venir
anyway! This is a film about personal a Inglaterra, pero él vino de todos
growth and falling in love. This story modos. Este es un corto sobre como
was made at a workshop for students desarrollarse como persona y sobre
studying English as a Foreign Language como enamorarse. La historia se
at City of Bristol College. It was led by creó en un taller para estudiantes
Harriet Brennan, Aikaterini Gegisian extranjeros de ingles en el City of
and Paddy Uglow and was supported Bristol College dirigido por Harriet
by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Brennan, Aikaterini Gegistan y Paddy
Archives. Liglow y contó con el apoyo de Bristol’s
Museums, Galleries & Archives.
LOCAL FILM
Saturday 18 October, 19.00
£4 / £3
/
78min 2007 (Khan)
shot in Pakistan – a groundbreaking
display of contemporary Pakistani
film talent, breaking all the rules of
local productions and made entirely
independently with no film industry
or government assistance. In the spirit (E.C.)
of the E.C. horror comics of old, the
film tells the story of five teenagers
who, after losing their way to a rock
concert, are menaced by flesh eating
mutations and then fall into the clutches
of a family of backwoods killers. The
film gorges itself on copious helpings of
gore alongside a splattering of social
commentary and several slices of dark (Lucio Fulci)
humour. It is best seen as a tribute to
(Geor ge Romero)
the cinema of Lucio Fulci and George
Romero, but viewed from a distinctly
Pakistani perspective. The film is
directed and co-written by former film (Omar Ali Khan)
critic Omar Ali Khan. Its cast combines
some of the country’s most exciting new
talent alongside Pakistani film veterans
such as Rehan and Najma Malik. (Najma Malik) (Rehan)
EAST
Mr. Amir Ahamed’s Story (15)
(Ahamed/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)
LOCAL FILM
Sunday 19 October, 18.00
£4 / £3
This film has been dubbed the darling Ten film znany jako ulubiony film
of Bunuel, Scorsese and Francis Ford- Bunuella, Scorsese i Francisa Forda
Coppola, who have all described Coppoli, opisywany jest przez nich
The Saragossa Manuscript as their jako ich faworyzowane dzielo filmowe.
favourite film. The film unveils a Film odkrywa oszalamiajacy swiat
heady world of mystic eroticism and mistycznego erotyzmu i nadnaturalnych
unnerving supernatural antics as we dziwow. Mlody kapitan – Alfons,
see young army captain, Alfons, in przebywajacy w Hiszpanii podczas
Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Wojen Napoleonskich, znajduje stara
He discovers an old book telling the ksiege opisujaca historie poszukiwania
story of how his grandfather, Alfons przez jego dziadka Alfonsa van
van Worden, sought the shortest route Wordena najkrotszej drogi przez gory
through the Sierra Morena mountains. Sierra Morena.Ta najkrotsza droga
Inevitably, the shortest route reveals okazuje sie byc dzika, nieobliczalna
itself as a wild, unruly path and leaves sciezka i powoduje, ze widzowie, jak
the audience tumbling, like Alice in Alicja w Krainie Czarow, wpadaja w
Wonderland, down some unknown nieznana odchlan. Swiat jak ze snu,
chasm. Dream-like worlds and nieziemskie zjawy – duchy ksiezniczek,
unearthly characters – ghost princesses, demony i oslepiajace szalenstwo
demon possessions and blinded crazies – zachodzace na siebie opowiesci sieja
– leap out of the storyline and wreak spustoszenie na ekranie. David Lynch
havoc over the screen. David Lynch opisal te magiczna kinowa mieszanine
described this magical cinematic jako ‘rownoczesnie straszna, erotyczna
concoction as ‘simulateously horrific, i zabawna... jedyna recepta na film’
erotic and funny… this is one mother of Siadzcie wygodnie i patrzcie jak toczy
a film’. Sit back and watch the madness sie to szlenstwo.
play forth!
NORTH
The Story (15)
(Gladysz/Bristol Stories, 2007, 2m)
Polish bus driver Pawel takes a Polski kierowca autobusu Pawel
philosophical look at the world from spoglada filizoficznie na swiat z
the seat of the Number 77 bus. This siedzenia autobusu numer 77. Ta forma
workshop was based around the oparta zostala na kusujacej pomiedzy
Number 77 First Bus service which Henbury i Hartcliffe linii 77 First Bus.
runs between Henbury and Hartcliffe. Wystepuje tam troje pasazerow i
Three passengers and two drivers dwoch kierowcow opowiadajacych
came together to share their stories swoje historie i dzielacych sie
and experiences, with the help of doswiadczeniami, z pomoca Aicaterini
Aikaterini Gegisian and Paddy Uglow Gegisian, Paddy Uglow oraz z
and support from Bristol’s Museums, poparciem Bristol’s Museums, Galleries
Galleries & Archives. & Archives.
Survivors (15)
(Zaba, 1998, 35m)
A hidden generation of 250,000 Polish W Wielkiej Brytanii zyje ukryta,
people, forgotten by history, have lived zapomniana przez historie generacja
in Britain since an Iron Curtain across 250,000 Polakow. Zelazna Kurtyna
Europe stopped them from returning przecinajaca Europe uniemozliwila
home to Poland in 1945 after exile, im powrot do Polski w 1945 roku, po
war and loss. Using rare archive foot- wygnaniu,wojnie i stratach. Uzywajac
age and eyewitness accounts, two unikalnych materialow archiwalnych
Bristolian Poles share their astonishing i zeznan naocznych swiadkow, dwaj
story for the first time. Polacy z Bristolu dziela sie po raz
pierwszy swoja zdumiewajaca historia.
LOCAL FILM
“The
OTHER TREATS the
& EVENTS
COMPASS OF MYSTERY participants from Guyana, Somalia,
FUNDRAISER Ireland, England, Pakistan, India and
Saturday 13 September Mauritius.
Until 04.00
Take Five Café, £3 Live Bands: Electro-glam-pop duo
A night featuring underground pioneers Chew Magna cut up the dance floor
of the new Bristol dance-floor scene: with their molten rock beats and
Gatekeeper (Skull Disco), October basslines, whilst Cheap Bent Electrode
(Caravan), and Damien Schnieder take no hostages, souping it up with
(Cuisine). Come and dance til dawn their vocal electropomp.
to the freshest dubstep and minimal
techno at another legendary Compass ART, DÉCOR & DESIGN
party! Screen prints, wall hangings, paintings,
sketches, graffiti… Jump into this
LAUNCH wonderland of beauty and wildness!
Saturday 27 September, 19.00 Full art/exhibition notes available.
Mivart St Studios, Free
Come and help us celebrate as we THE LOUNGE
open the doors for the very first time to Check out Qu Junktions & Blackout
the magical world of the festival! Music, Arts Mystery Slots in the Lounge…
visuals, performers, graffiti, food, art, Music also brought to you by DJs
merriment and magic! BarrySteppa, From Da Bricks & friends.
Also Available
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